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Cootamundra wattle | Plant Finder | Fill My Garden

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Cootamundra wattle

Acacia baileyana

★ RHS AGMLow Maintenance

Genus: Acacia
Family: Fabaceae
Common Names: golden mimosa

About this plant

A large, graceful evergreen shrub to 6m in height, with fern-like, silvery-grey leaves and axillary racemes of small, globose yellow flowerheads in winter and spring

Growing Information

Height

4-8 Metres

Spread

2.5-4 Metres

Hardiness

Foliage

Evergreen

Growing Conditions

Sunlight

Full Sun

Soil

LoamSandy

AcidNeutral

Not Currently Available

This plant is not currently stocked at any garden centres on our platform.

Moisture

Poorly Drained

Aspect

West FacingSouth Facing

Exposure

Exposed

Care Guide

Cultivation

Grow under glass or indoors in a loam-based potting compost in full light. When in growth water freely and apply a balanced liquid fertiliser monthly. Water sparingly in winter, keeping barely moist. Can be grown outdoors in warmer climates

Pruning

Pruning group 8 or pruning group 13 for wall-trained specimens

Propagation

Propagate by seed at a minimum of 18°C in spring or root semi-hardwood cuttings in summer

Pests

May be attacked by glasshouse red spider mite under glass

Diseases

Generally disease free

Garden Uses

Planting Places

Wall Trained

Season of Interest

SpringSummerAutumnWinter

Size & Characteristics

Height

4-8 Metres

Spread

2.5-4 Metres

Habit

Bushy

Time to Full Height

Twenty To Fifty Years